It seems like the bottom line is don’t buy a new Tesla, don’t buy a used Tesla.
Consumer Reports ranks Teslas as the least reliable used cars. "The best of the worst [ten] was Chevrolet at a score of 40. But Tesla makes that failing grade seem respectable with its absolute rock bottom rating of 31, trailing Jeep by just one point.” futurism.com/advanced-tra...
Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
On Consumer Reports' latest ranking of used car reliability, Tesla came in dead last with a rating not even half of the top placed brand.
futurism.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It seems like the bottom line is don’t buy a new Tesla, don’t buy a used Tesla.
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Two more deaths in ICE custody were confirmed today, bringing total to 25
These are just the ones we know about
There’s others, like Randall Esquivel, who become deathly ill in custody but get deported before they die
He was in a vegetative state when they deported him.
He died in Costa Rica
These are just the ones we know about
There’s others, like Randall Esquivel, who become deathly ill in custody but get deported before they die
He was in a vegetative state when they deported him.
He died in Costa Rica
Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state
Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Two more deaths in ICE custody were confirmed today, bringing total to 25
These are just the ones we know about
There’s others, like Randall Esquivel, who become deathly ill in custody but get deported before they die
He was in a vegetative state when they deported him.
He died in Costa Rica
These are just the ones we know about
There’s others, like Randall Esquivel, who become deathly ill in custody but get deported before they die
He was in a vegetative state when they deported him.
He died in Costa Rica
It’s bananas to me because republicans *do* have a platform- it’s lowering the cost of doing business for corporations at anyone and anything’s expense while lowering the tax rate on the wealthy, even if it’s subsidized by a higher cost burden on low-income families.
GA Republicans seem pretty upset over tonight's special election loss.
This is Insurance Commissioner John King, a statewide elected official. He is exhorting Republicans to help win *another* special ... in a Trump+47 district. x.com/JohnKingGA/s...
This is Insurance Commissioner John King, a statewide elected official. He is exhorting Republicans to help win *another* special ... in a Trump+47 district. x.com/JohnKingGA/s...
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It’s bananas to me because republicans *do* have a platform- it’s lowering the cost of doing business for corporations at anyone and anything’s expense while lowering the tax rate on the wealthy, even if it’s subsidized by a higher cost burden on low-income families.
Wonder how else all of that associational data will be used? Especially if a third party gets the contract to evaluate the data.
What could go wrong!
What could go wrong!
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Wonder how else all of that associational data will be used? Especially if a third party gets the contract to evaluate the data.
What could go wrong!
What could go wrong!
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The disconnect between the leadership and the base continues to expand, this time on AI and Silicon Valley influence. I think it’s beyond even the disconnect in the GOP during the Tea Party.
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The disconnect between the leadership and the base continues to expand, this time on AI and Silicon Valley influence. I think it’s beyond even the disconnect in the GOP during the Tea Party.
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Increasing political pressure on the Fed by half as much as Nixon did, for six months, raises the price level by 7% over the next decade.
econweb.umd.edu/~drechsel/pa...
econweb.umd.edu/~drechsel/pa...
December 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Increasing political pressure on the Fed by half as much as Nixon did, for six months, raises the price level by 7% over the next decade.
econweb.umd.edu/~drechsel/pa...
econweb.umd.edu/~drechsel/pa...
@isabellamweber.bsky.social has been putting out some of the very best scholarship since the economic woes of Covid-era times. Another banger 👇
The affordability crisis is an inequality crisis. When prices spike in key sectors, it's not just inflation—it's a massive redistribution shock that hits poor households hardest.
In our **new working paper**, we identify the sectors that matter most. A thread 🧵
scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...
In our **new working paper**, we identify the sectors that matter most. A thread 🧵
scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...
December 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
@isabellamweber.bsky.social has been putting out some of the very best scholarship since the economic woes of Covid-era times. Another banger 👇
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Just want to warn everyone that I’m cycling through another bout of rage at all these Don’t Tread on Me twits who are REAL FREAKIN QUIET WHILST TREADING ABOUNDS!
This week, a federal judge wrote that federal agents – largely from ICE, but also CBP and other agencies operating in D.C. – had adopted an “arrest first, ask questions later” approach, ignoring legal requirements around when and how immigrants can be detained.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
Federal judge limits warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
Lawyers say federal agents unlawfully operated under an ‘arrest first, ask questions later’ policy.
51st.news
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Just want to warn everyone that I’m cycling through another bout of rage at all these Don’t Tread on Me twits who are REAL FREAKIN QUIET WHILST TREADING ABOUNDS!
Just want to warn everyone that I’m cycling through another bout of rage at all these Don’t Tread on Me twits who are REAL FREAKIN QUIET WHILST TREADING ABOUNDS!
This week, a federal judge wrote that federal agents – largely from ICE, but also CBP and other agencies operating in D.C. – had adopted an “arrest first, ask questions later” approach, ignoring legal requirements around when and how immigrants can be detained.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
Federal judge limits warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
Lawyers say federal agents unlawfully operated under an ‘arrest first, ask questions later’ policy.
51st.news
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Just want to warn everyone that I’m cycling through another bout of rage at all these Don’t Tread on Me twits who are REAL FREAKIN QUIET WHILST TREADING ABOUNDS!
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Here are eight ways that Senate Democrats should be holding Trump and corporate wrongdoers accountable — one for each member of the Cave Caucus.
8 Ways Senate Dems Should Have Been Holding the Line With Oversight | Revolving Door Project
Here's a congressional oversight target for each of the eight Senate Democrat that caved to end the government shutdown.
therevolvingdoorproject.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Here are eight ways that Senate Democrats should be holding Trump and corporate wrongdoers accountable — one for each member of the Cave Caucus.
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
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It’s also plainly absurd that someone just happened to discover the true meaning of the common law that just evaded everyone else for 800 years in a few weeks of work. I don’t even know what to do with that.
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It’s also plainly absurd that someone just happened to discover the true meaning of the common law that just evaded everyone else for 800 years in a few weeks of work. I don’t even know what to do with that.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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This week, a federal judge wrote that federal agents – largely from ICE, but also CBP and other agencies operating in D.C. – had adopted an “arrest first, ask questions later” approach, ignoring legal requirements around when and how immigrants can be detained.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
Federal judge limits warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
Lawyers say federal agents unlawfully operated under an ‘arrest first, ask questions later’ policy.
51st.news
December 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This week, a federal judge wrote that federal agents – largely from ICE, but also CBP and other agencies operating in D.C. – had adopted an “arrest first, ask questions later” approach, ignoring legal requirements around when and how immigrants can be detained.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
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An extraordinary new series by @gingerthompson.bsky.social w/ Doris Burke: Sick in a Hospital Town
Read part one: The Business of Care
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
Read part one: The Business of Care
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
An extraordinary new series by @gingerthompson.bsky.social w/ Doris Burke: Sick in a Hospital Town
Read part one: The Business of Care
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
Read part one: The Business of Care
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
“Keep children away from law enforcement operations”??? Bitch! Yall switch license plates, cover your faces, and break car windows— there’s no keeping children away from that.
Yall keep your jackboot fascism away from children, how bout that?
Yall keep your jackboot fascism away from children, how bout that?
It’s clear from the video this woman had just come to the park to play with her child. She said as much and was upset that there were masked men with guns in the park.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Keep children away from law enforcement operations”??? Bitch! Yall switch license plates, cover your faces, and break car windows— there’s no keeping children away from that.
Yall keep your jackboot fascism away from children, how bout that?
Yall keep your jackboot fascism away from children, how bout that?
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Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
Journalists win a key battle over AI in the newsroom
PLUS: Artists fight for an AI transparency law in the belly of the beast, a Spotify mass deletion event, and an interview with a top video games journalist about AI and labor.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
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The ICE abductions must end.
December 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The ICE abductions must end.
It’s bananas that this post would have read so conspiratorial just a few years ago and now feels like such an obvious conclusion that my first reaction was “well, duh”
my measured conclusion upon review of the Supreme Court's order reimposing Texas's racially gerrymander is that the only thing the Republican justices hate more than district court judges is people of color voting
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
The Supreme Court Wants Republicans to Keep the House In 2026
A federal district court found that Texas Republicans’ redistricting proposal is an illegal racial gerrymander. The conservative justices couldn't care less.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It’s bananas that this post would have read so conspiratorial just a few years ago and now feels like such an obvious conclusion that my first reaction was “well, duh”
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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The period known as Redemption is little known to most Americans — I’d argue intentionally — but it’s the period after the fall of Reconstruction where Black people are stripped of their rights, democracy falls in the South and the system of racial apartheid is entrenched.
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The period known as Redemption is little known to most Americans — I’d argue intentionally — but it’s the period after the fall of Reconstruction where Black people are stripped of their rights, democracy falls in the South and the system of racial apartheid is entrenched.
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"The Court’s order reimposing Texas’s racial gerrymander is best explained not by legal principle, but partisan preference and political power. The Republican justices ruled as they did because they want to help their allies."
The MAGA #SCOTUS "showed its ass." @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
The MAGA #SCOTUS "showed its ass." @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
The Supreme Court Wants Republicans to Keep the House In 2026
A federal district court found that Texas Republicans’ redistricting proposal is an illegal racial gerrymander. The conservative justices couldn't care less.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"The Court’s order reimposing Texas’s racial gerrymander is best explained not by legal principle, but partisan preference and political power. The Republican justices ruled as they did because they want to help their allies."
The MAGA #SCOTUS "showed its ass." @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
The MAGA #SCOTUS "showed its ass." @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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reminder that as activity picks up in places like Twin Cities, Louisiana, Alabama etc, my @propublica.org colleagues & I are still investigating immigration enforcement
I'm particularly interested in use-of-force & am still tracking the detention of citizens
Reach out ⬇️ if you have info to share
I'm particularly interested in use-of-force & am still tracking the detention of citizens
Reach out ⬇️ if you have info to share
December 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
reminder that as activity picks up in places like Twin Cities, Louisiana, Alabama etc, my @propublica.org colleagues & I are still investigating immigration enforcement
I'm particularly interested in use-of-force & am still tracking the detention of citizens
Reach out ⬇️ if you have info to share
I'm particularly interested in use-of-force & am still tracking the detention of citizens
Reach out ⬇️ if you have info to share